Esports betting committee launches with former NJDGE executive
The Esports Trade Association–a Chicago-based organization for business leaders across the competitive gaming industry–has launched the Regulated Videogames and Esports Committee, an internal advisory group intended to “create best-practice guidelines and technical standards” for competitors, regulators, and bettors to “have confidence in the safe operation of video game and esports wagering.” The RVEC is composed of members from the […]
Game on! Esports is on verge of becoming big business for New Jersey, experts say, as sector skyrockets in popularity
Like most millennials, former college soccer coach and current esports industry worker Ben Beaver grew up with a reliable cast of characters: Mario, Sonic and Kirby. He also retained a fondness for the video game icons whose introductions timed perfectly with a formative period in his life. If you’re looking for the reason esports is […]
Flaster Greenberg Expands Family Law Practice with Addition of Shareholder Yoninah Orenstein and Adds Another Attorney to Booming IP Practice with Associate Joshua Javitz
Flaster Greenberg welcomed two new attorneys this week to its Pennsylvania offices. Family Law attorney Yoninah R. Orenstein, has joined Flaster Greenberg as a shareholder based in Conshohocken and Philadelphia, PA. Additionally, Joshua R. Javitz has joined the firm as an IP associate based in Philadelphia, PA. Orenstein is an experienced family lawyer with a focus in divorce […]
Atlantic City Electric provides scholarships to local community colleges
Atlantic City Electric, a unit of Exelon Corp. that provides power to more than 556,000 customers in South Jersey, provided $75,000 in grants to three local community colleges to support scholarships for local youth to become the next generation of the energy workforce. The funding builds on $50,000 provided as part of Atlantic City Electric’s Community Scholars […]
NJIT Government Industry Outreach
Join NJIT, April 27, 2022 from 8am-4:30pm, as they seek to improve government & industry relations by providing a shared understanding of the organizations and processes involved in the federal contracting/acquisition process. Topics include how to find opportunities for contracting with the federal government, working with the government, utilizing SAM.GOV and WAWF, Quality Surveillance, First […]
SBA Administrator Guzman Announces Key Policy Change: Existing COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program Borrowers to Receive an Additional Deferment
Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice for America’s 32.5 million small businesses in President Biden’s Cabinet, directed the Agency to provide additional deferment of principal and interest payments for existing COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program Borrowers for a total of 30 months deferment from inception on all approved […]
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City and EEG to Host First US Esports Player vs. Player Wagering Tournament
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City and Esports Entertainment Group (EEG) will host the first sanctioned esports skill-based wagering event in the United States, in person on Saturday March 19 and Sunday, March 20. Hosted exclusively on EEG’s LANDuel platform, the Madden NFL 22 tournament will feature 256 players in a double elimination format. […]
Murphy: Tax relief will make it less expensive for New Jerseyans to live here | Opinion
Best in the nation public schools. Tight-knit neighborhoods. Effective county and local government. For these reasons and countless others, the governor has repeated often that New Jersey is the best state in America in which to live and raise a family. Yet our historically high property taxes have been either a significant financial burden for […]
Ocean Casino Resort Offers First Look At New Sportsbook Experience
Ocean Casino Resort will debut The Gallery Bar, Book & Games this summer, the Atlantic City casino announced Monday. The 12,000-square-foot “sports and entertainment experience” is replacing the casino’s former sportsbook. The newly renovated space will feature sports betting, an elevated center bar, blackjack and roulette tables, three LED video walls and a mezzanine lounge. Read More from Play NJ.
Do CEOs Expect Employees to Return to the Office Every Day or Is Work-From-Home Part of the New Normal? We Asked.
With offices reopening, we asked New Jersey business executives whether they expect employees to return to the office five days a week, or are they moving forward with a hybrid or even a full-time work-from-home situation. Read More from New Jersey Chamber of Commerce.